Ronaldinho

I laughed my arse off for 5 mins, hahaha... hilarious ^^ ^^ ^^



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Misheard lyrics of "Fucking Hostile" - Pantera ^^

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What European city do you belong in?

You Belong in Paris

You enjoy all that life has to offer, and you can appreciate the fine tastes and sites of Paris. You're the perfect person to wander the streets of Paris aimlessly, enjoying architecture and a crepe.

What European City Do You Belong In?

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Nemo - Nightwish

This is me for forever
One of the lost ones
The one without a name
Without an honest heart as compass

This is me for forever
One without a name
These lines the last endeavor
To find the missing lifeline

Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart
Lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything

My flower
Withered between
The pages two and three
The once and forever bloom gone with my sins

Walk the dark path
Sleep with angels
Call the past for help
Touch me with your love
And reveal to me my true name

Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart
Lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything

Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
Oh how I wish to dream again
Once and for all
And all for once
Nemo my name forever more

Nemo sailing home
Nemo letting go

Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart
Lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything

Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
Oh how I wish to dream again
Once and for all
And all for once
Nemo my name forever more

Nemo my name forever more


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Opeth & Paradise Lost @ Carling Academy Birmingham 8/11/06

Paradise Lost played opening

Nick Holmes


Greg Mackintosh


Opeth - main players

Mike


Peter in action


and in a pose :P


A girl threw her bra on the stage so that's why we got this video ^^



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SP Graduation Day 2005

Found this when checking Azhar's blog ( my SP 3rd-year course mate )



From left to right: Chinho - Victor - Azhar - Me - Daniel


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Firework @ The Vale 2006

It's already one year from that milestone! Time flies!









I like this photo :D


A little video


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In Joy and Sorrow

Oh girl we are the same
we are young and lost and so afraid
there's no cure for the pain
no shelter from the rain
All our prayers seem to fail

In joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
in world so hollow
it is breaking my heart
in joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
in world so hollow
it is breaking my heart

Oh girl we are the same
we are strong and blessed and so brave
with souls to be saved
and faith regained
all our tears wipe away

In joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
in world so hollow
it is breaking my heart
in joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
in world so hollow
it is breaking my heart

In joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
in world so hollow
it is breaking my heart
in joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
in world so hollow
it is breaking my heart

and my home's in your arms
and it is breaking my heart
my home's in your arms
and it is breaking my heart

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Draw a pig

Result


Link for the test


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Harvest - Opeth

Stay with me a while
Rise above the vile
Name my final rest
Poured into my chest

Into the orchard i walk peering way past the gate
Wilted scenes for us who couldn't wait
Drained by the coldest caress, stalking shadows ahead
Halo of death, all i see is departure
Mourner's lament but it's me who's the martyr

Pledge yourself to me
Never leave me be
Sweat breaks on my brow
Given time ends now

Into the orchard i walk peering way past the gate
Wilted scenes for us who couldn't wait
Drained by the coldest caress, stalking shadows ahead
Halo of death, all i see is departure
Mourner's lament but it's me who's the martyr

Spirit painted sin
Embers neath my skin
Veiled in pale embrace
Reached and touched my face

Into the orchard i walk peering way past the gate
Wilted scenes for us who couldn't wait
Drained by the coldest caress, stalking shadows ahead
Halo of death, all i see is departure
Mourner's lament but it's me who's the martyr.


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No more beating as one ( Live )

She was no longer precious to me
I guess my hate grew much stronger than my love for her ever did
(I was) so tired of chasing that person who made me feel loved
and as we were embracing I cut and spilt the dearest blood

I'm praying for her soul as this blood on my hands stains me whole

You were my life, from you I fed of
And now parted by knife - the suicide of our love
So callous and frigid was that stillborn soul
yet no other half could ever make me whole

You promised: "'til death do us part", and then you made a stone of my heart
And with the last rays of the setting sun the loveless pulse fades away
No more beating as one, no longer burns the flame

Gone are the times when I felt alive
Gone are those nights with you by my side
And now here I stand as the shadows grow deep
With the death on my hand at your grave I weep

We were one yet not the same
Once passion abundant, now pain

And with the last rays of the setting sun the loveless pulse fades away
No more beating as one, no longer burns the flame

Love laved with stillness like the grave in my heart
and all the reasons huddled in your seeping blood

And with the last rays of the setting sun the loveless pulse fades away
No more beating as one, no longer burns the flame
And with the last rays of the setting sun she bled her love away
No more beating as one, no longer burns the flame



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No one there

The axe, the bottle and the rope
The feeling there really is no more hope
The thought of the great unknown
And facing it alone
The dark, the silent and the cold
The feeling I have come to the end of my road
Yes, these are the things I spend
My remaining moments with

And the wind blows through my heart
Shivers me one last time
As I now reach out in the dark
No one there

Why did it have to be so hard
For us to live our lives
Again I reach out in the dark in despair

The desperation and the snow
The feeling of finally coming back home
The melancholy and the hole in the soil so hard and cold

And the wind blows through my heart
Shivers me one last time
As I now reach out in the dark
No one there

Your love for me, my love for you
Things we somehow managed to lose
Now there�s only the ruthless wind
To blow right through
It freezes my heart, my desperate heart
It freezes my heart, my desperate heart
It freezes my heart, my desperate heart
To think we both will die alone

And the wind blows through my heart
Shivers me one last time
As I now reach out in the dark
No one there


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The Vale - Panorama view

Katatonia & Novembre @ Mean Fiddler - London - 22.4.06

That was the first time I could stand in the front row, it just felt so good, so near to the bands ^^ Novembre played the open set. Well, I heard about them but never listened to any albums of them before. Their music are dark, similar to early Katatonia in the 90s. I was quite impressed with the bass player, his bass-lines are impressive and more than good. Quite disappointed with the guitarist, or more appropriately, the guitar sounds. It was simply lost... Well, in conclusion, Novembre is a band worth checking them out.
Katatonia was the main character of the show because this show is for promoting their new album "The Great Cold Distance", they played a couple of songs from the new album, from "Viva Emptiness" and only few songs from earlier album like "Tonight's Decision" and "Last Fair Deal Gone Down"... sadly, no songs from "Dance of December Souls" or "Brave Murder Day" era were played. The band really showed off their level... They were perfect! That night was the guitarist's birthday as well, he poped a champagne and sprayed over the fans! ^^ I was not prepared to capture that moment, haizz...
Enough said... here are the photos...

Novembre









Katatonia


















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Katatonia - My Twin

This video is awesome! Song taken from just-released album "The Great Cold Distance"



Katatonia rulezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!


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I've just found this is so amusing

My address in Singapore: 33 Jalan Limau Manis
My address in UK: Flat 33 Elgar Court, Birmingham

^^


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First post in Vietnamese, hehe... sorry guys ^^

Nao thi trac nghiem ^^


1. Trong một cửa hàng bánh kẹo, bạn nhìn thấy có rất nhiều loại kẹo khác nhau và loại nào cũng hết sức ngon lành. Bạn sẽ chọn kẹo nào đầu tiên?

c. Kẹo chocolate

Bạn chọn chocolate chứng tỏ bạn khá coi trọng hình thức, vì chocolate thường có hình thức bắt mắt nhất trong cửa hàng kẹo.


2. Khi bạn về nhà và mở túi kẹo của mình, bạn phát hiện ra người bán hàng đã bỏ thừa một ít kẹo nữa. Nó có chừng bao nhiêu viên ?

a. 1-2 viên

Nếu những người trưởng thành, sống độc lập thường chọn câu trả lời này.

3. Hôm nay là một ngày đẹp trời, gió thổi mát rượi. Bạn sẽ ước là mình đang ở đâu trong ngày hôm nay?

a. Một vùng tuyết trắng mênh mông

Nếu vùng tuyết trắng cho thấy bạn có biệt tài nhận thức tình hình rất nhanh và do đó có thể giải quyết nhanh chóng các vấn đề phức tạp.

4. Bạn mới mua một chú chim về nuôi cho vui. Nhưng đến khi mang chú chim về nhà, bạn mới phát hiện ra nó có khả năng thay đổi màu lông. Hôm đầu tiên, nó màu xanh lam, hôm sau chuyển sang màu vàng, hôm sau nữa thành màu đỏ và đến ngày thứ tư thì là màu đen. Theo bạn thì đến ngày thứ năm, chú chim có màu gì?

c. Chuyển sang một màu mới khác.

Màu khác cho thấy bạn là người bình tĩnh. Người khác hiếm khi thấy bạn tỏ ra quá cáu bẳn hay vui sướng điên cuồng, đơn giản vì bạn luôn biết kiềm chế cảm xúc của mình.

5. Bạn rất thích đọc tạp chí, và bạn hay xem mục nào đầu tiên trong một tờ báo mới?

a. Tất nhiên là chuyên mục bạn thích nhất.

Nếu bạn lật ngay chuyên mục mình thích nhất có nghĩa rằng bạn thường vung tay quá trán. Bạn sẵn sàng tiêu hết số tiền mình đang có để mua một món đồ bạn thích mà không cần đắn đo suy nghĩ.

6. Bạn vừa mua được 100 hạt giống hoa hồng để trồng trong vườn nhà. Theo dự đoán của bạn thì sẽ có bao nhiêu hạt phát triển thành cây?

d. 41-60

Bạn không tự tin lắm vào khả năng của chính mình, và chính sự thiếu tự tin này đã cản trở bước đường thành công của bạn khá nhiều.


7. Bạn còn nhớ chi tiết nào nhất trong truyện cổ tích Cô bé Lọ lem?

c. Lọ lem đánh rơi chiếc giày khi đồng hồ điểm 12 tiếng.

Bạn nhớ chi tiết Lọ lem đánh rơi giày vì bản thân bạn cũng thường rơi vào tình trạng luống cuống ấy. Bạn luôn dựa vào người khác để vươn lên, do đó bạn không tự tin vào những gì mình đang có.




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In Flames & Sepultura @ Carling Academy Birmingham

Short review:

Dagoba was the band played the opening for the show. They are French. They are brutal. They are undergound... but they are very good, a promising band. IMHO, they were better than Sepultura and In Flames at that night. Heavy, simple guitar riffs with relentless double bass drum and astounding vocal... they blew everything away...

Sepultura was the next. They were legend but they music is not attractive enough nowadays... their new songs lack guitar solos - an important factor to distinguish a great band among loads of mediocre bands out there. But still there are Brazilian folk music elements so they can define themselves: We're Sepultura!

In Flames was the main character of the show. They played most of the song from Come Clarity 2006 album with hits like: Come through knives, Take this life, Come clarity. Some songs from "Reroute to Remain" like Trigger, Drifter and some from melodic death metal era like Moonshield, Only for the weak. I was quite disappointing with the vocal: it was almost lost! ... can't hardly hear it except in some semi-ballad songs...

Anyway, it was still a great show and it was a great pleasure to see they playing live in here - Birmingham.


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Black Country Museum - Dudley

Background info:
The Black Country is the industrial region to the west of, and separate from, Birmingham in the Midlands of England. It gained its name in the mid nineteenth century due to the smoke from the many thousands of ironworking foundries and forges and the nature of the countryside which had been covered by dark spoil from the working of shallow and relatively thick (30ft) coal seams.

The region was described as 'Black by day and red by night' by Elihu Burritt, the American Consul to Birmingham in 1862 and other authors, from Dickens to Shenstone, refer to the intensity of manufacturing in the Black Country and its effect on the landscape and its people.


Today the Black Country is made up of most of the four Metropolitan District Council areas of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton and the collections and displays are derived from throughout these areas.

The industries included:

coal & coke
iron & steel
locks & keys
nails
chains
ships anchors
glassware
beer & stout

Black Country Museum (BCM) located in Dudley which is only 30 mins away by car from Birmingham University. The trip to BCM was organized by my School of Computer Science. Around 10 international students joined the trip, i was in too as usual ^^ . The weather was freezing that day :(

Photos:

Inside exhibition halls












The Black Country was famous for the Staffordshire Thick Coal, which lay beneath much of the area. The coal occurred in seams of up to 10 metres thick, far bigger than anywhere else in Britain. I joined "Into the Thick" , an underground experience created by the Black Country Living Museum to show how miners worked the Thick Coal and other seams in the Black Country in about 1850. It is a drift mine, with a sloping tunnel down. No photographing allowed but I still managed to capture one shot on the way out of the tunnel ^^


The 1920s cinema showing silent movies: we were watching Laurel & Hardy ^^


19th century street setting



The dock



Cast iron house ^^



Overview







Misc







Me ^^






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I did cry today....

To be told that I was never ever been loved before ... sad but true :(


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